2008 Graduates - BA Technical Theatre Studies

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Tara Claxton

  
Specialist Subject: Stage Management
 
Experience During Training:
Production Director Role
Actors' Centre Season Caroline Eves/Michael Fry Production Manager
Outcast and Vagabonds Uri Roodner Production Manager/Stage Management
Costume Cavalcade Ainslie Masterton Production Manager/LX Designer
Live Like Pigs Clare Meriel-Baistow Chief LX/Assistant Stage Manager
The Crucible John Gillett Deputy Stage Manager
Hansel and Gretel Vicki Ireland Assistant Stage Manager
The Jungle Book John Baxter Assistant Stage Manager
The Machine Breakers John Gillett Deputy Stage Manager
The Good Hope Che Walker Assistant Stage Manager
A Flea In Her Ear Che Walker Deputy Carpenter
Yerma Robert Fried Deputy Stage Manager
Four Tales from the Decalogue Ben Ormerod Assistant Stage Manager
Hot L Baltimore Che Walker Sound Operator
Their Very Own Golden City John Gillett Sound Operator
Old Time Music Hall Kate Williams Lighting Operator
Little Nell Steve Marmion Dresser/Crew

Professional Work Experience:
Book events and cabaret acts for The Florida Club, a holiday camp entertainment venue (includes setting up acts, sound testing, props making and administration); work placement as Assistant Stage Manager with Theatre By The Lake, Keswick, followed by seven months work during the summer season; worked with the Company Stage Manager for touring company Quicksilver (included work on shows for children and toured on Upstairs in the Sky); work placement with BBC Norwich (included radio and film); professional work for touring company, Blast (included work with young adults and their talents); extra in work for Far East, a film production company; Set construction for Skolka (Shane Dempsey, Corbett Theatre)

Other Experience/Skills:
Production Manager for East 15 at the Tristan Bates Theatre; catering supervisor at the University of East Anglia; IT skills including Photoshop, Pro Tools and AutoCAD (Basic Knowledge); prop making and puppetry skills; scene painting; photography; events organisation; knowledge of lighting and sound equipment; costume making and maintenance; technical drawing; time management and organization